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THE FIE L D . 
r-rVVv op THE RUSSIANS. 
barbarous cruelty to our wounded; 
The enemy behaved v, h barb.r ^ ^ ^ 
every fallen man w*J leave the sp .t with his men, 
W Xvlt red forawhile overwhelmed. When our troops 
recovered the ground, they found the poor fellow stabbed a 
recovere i ' k Russian officer was seen to halt 
S'pSthe field; he had been wounded, but he 
wm 1 slabbing the fallen with bis sword. An orderly of 
the' Duke of Cambridge went up to him and took him 
prisoner, and his Royal Highness wa« heard to promise the 
Swtcl. that lie would do his best to have him shot for his 
inhumanity. It is to be feared that this Russian barbarity 
provoked our men to give no quarter. The enemy would 
throw down their arms, and, calling themselves Christians, 
beg for mercy ; and if they were spared they would yet take 
their muskets and shoot the man who had saved them 
Therefi >re, the French Zouaves took no prisoners. A French 
officer was told that the conduct of his men was the theme 
of our soldiers’ enthusiastic praises. They had not only 
been signalising themselves, on the 5th, by their gallantry in 
the field, and by the admirable manner in which they had 
been handled, but they had outshone all bv the kindness, 
courtesy, and attention to our wounded m the evening. 
The French officer’s reply was, “Ah, but your men stood 
like a wall and, turning to lus neighbour he pud us the 
compliment. “ Tt was, perhaps, as well that the English had 
to bear the first shock " 
A FRIEND IN NEED. 
One gallant incident needs a record in the description of 
this day. A sergeant of our 33d or 30th R*gitne“t was left 
alone for a short, while in advnnco somehow. Colonel Her- 
bert. had noticed liis daring, and told him to come to him in 
the evening. I lo Was alone, and five Russians were on him. 
He shot one, bayonetted another, and fell before the attack 
of the other three. They had given him five wounds, when 
he felt a horse’s hoof near his head. The Russians fled ; lie 
lumped up as ho could, and in a moment found lumself 
dragged up on the horse, and he.ug earned to the rear for 
some 2no yards, men in safety, the officer took hold of the 
sergeant’s hand and kissed it, left him. and returned to the 
front That sergeant would give a great deal to know who 
that gene, -al officer was. With such incidents can you be 
surprised at our men being in enthusiasm about the Fiench? 
DARING OF A IUTBSIAN SPY. 
A strange incident is said to have taken place in our lines, 
which, if true, shows the astuteness of the enemy, and the 
want of presence of mind on the part of some of our officers. 
A man in the uniform of a French officer sauntered coolly 
through our lines to-day ; was civil and polite to all he met, 
entered into conversation with those who were walking 
about ; smoked, and chatted, and laughed ; and at last got 
into a sort of discussion respecting the strength and weak- 
ness of our position in the rear towards Balaklava. No- 
thing doubting, our officers expressed their opinions freely, 
pointed out our weak points, and spoke plainly of the 
difficulties of our position. At length an officer of 
the 79th, who had a more practised ear than his com- 
rades, was struck by the strange accent and curious 
idiom of the soi-disant Frenchman, which in any one but a 
Frenchman would have excited no suspicion ; but still lie 
was afraid of making a mistake, and had no device ready at 
hand to test the truth. However, he sent off to bir Colin 
Campbell to say be suspected there was a Russian spy among 
them. The supposed Frenchman was not to be caught so 
easily. Hjs quick eve detected the despatch of the mes- 
senger, and so lie gradually drew off from our lines towards 
the valley, but ill a manner so natural as to perplex those 
to whom the officer had communicated his lmsgivmgs ; 
and when he had gained a good offing, lie quickened Ins 
pace into a run, and got right away into the Russian 
lines, leaving his late comrades gazing open-mouthed 
after him ! It argued no common coolnesss and audacity to 
undertake such a mission ; for had the gentleman in question 
been captured, lie would assuredly have been hanged as a 
spy. The French executed speedy justice the other day on 
a spy whom they found disguised as a Tartar arabjee within 
their lines, and shot him as soon as they had found out all 
thev could from him. But these Russians are very nwsi. 
The sentinel before the house of the Povost-Marahal in 
Balaklava was astonished to see a horse, with a sack of corn 
on iU back, deliberately walking past him in the moonlight 
the other night He went over to seize the animal, when 
the sack of corn suddenly became changed into a full-grown 
Cossack, wlio drove the spurs into liis steed, and had 
vanquished ere the Bentry had recovered his Bpeech. 
REINFORCEMENTS AND STORES FOR LORD 
RAGLAN. 
It would appear that it has been resolved that the troops 
in the Crimea shall winter there, as wooden barracks for 
20,000 men are ordered to be constructed and sent out, like 
the parts of a steam-engine, all numbered, jointed, and 
ready for erection. A builder at Portsmouth has con- 
tracted for the erection of these barracks, and has engaged 
to complete them ready for shipment by about the end of 
next week. 
Foun MILLIONS of Mini£ rifle ball-cartridges were forwarded 
from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, yesterday week for use 
in the Crimea. 
There are now four companies of Royal Artillery under 
orders to embark immediately for the Crimea. 
Till. Manilla screw steam-transport lias arrived at Wool- 
wich, to take on board a largo supply of powder, shot, and 
shell, and is ordered to proceed with the least possible delay 
to the seat of war in the Crimea. 
The Holy rood, No. 77, screw-steam transport, is also 
ordered to have her cargo put on board for the same desti- 
nation. 
The Charity screw steam-transport is ordered to be 
fitted at Deptford for the conveyance of troops to the 
Crimea. 
On Monday a detachment, of the Royal Artillery, escorting 
four tumbrils, arrived at the Tower to receive stores for the 
companies of artillery and field batteries from Norwich and 
Ip.svicb under orders for the Crimea. They took away 
tent*, canteens, and other essentials necessary for field ser- 
vice the novelty attracted a numerous assemblage of the 
populace, who greeted the escort most enthusiastically as it 
passed over Tower-hill on its return to "\\ oolwich. 
Liverpool. — O n Friday morning, the 17th mst., acompany 
of the Royal Artillery (150 rank and file, with five officers), 
under the command of Captain Broughton, arrived in Liver- 
pool from Woolwich. They were billeted in the town during 
the night, and on Saturday morning they paraded on the Ex- 
change area, previously to embarking in the British and North 
American mail steam-ship Europa, then lying in the Huskisson 
dock On Saturday afternoon a detachment of infautry, 
consisting of about' 100 men, arrived at Liverpool from 
London. They proceeded immediately to the Luropa, which 
took her departure the same evening for Kingstown, where 
she embarked the 90th Regiment, 650 strong, and detach- 
ments from other regiments. The Europa will thus convey 
about 1 080 troops to the Crimea in the best possible condi- 
tion The large paddlewheel steamer Niagara, also belong- 
ing to the Cuuard line, and which conveyed the Connaught 
Rangers to the seat of war, has been again taken up by 
Government for the conveyance of troops to the Crimea. 
Dublin Bay.— At half-past six o’clock on Sunday morning 
the Europa steamer arrived quite unexpectedly m Kings- 
town harbour for the conveyance to the seat of war of the 
90th (Perthshire) Light Infantry, which has been stationed in 
Dublin for the last two years. Orders were immediately for- 
warded to the regiment to parade at half-past ten, and to be in 
readiness to march at twelve o’clock . Shortly before that hou r 
the regiments was drawn up in line, when Colonel Eld. the 
veteran commander of the regiment, came in front, and was 
received with due military honours. At this moment the 
troops of the Cambridgeshire Militia, now in garrison, under 
the command of the Hou. Colonel Duncan, passed through 
the Barrack-yard on their way back from divine service. 
When the militia troops came in front of the gallant 90th 
they halted and formed into line, when they gave three 
hearty cheers for the brave defenders of their oountry. The 
cheers were returned in right hearty style by the men of the 
90th and echoed by the dense crowds outside. Precisely as 
the clock struck twelve the 90th left the Royal Barracks, and 
proceeded along the north side of the quays, accompanied, 
ns would have been imagined, by the whole of the work- 
ing population of the Irish capital. Being a holiday, the en- 
thusiastic mob determined to do full honour to the gallant 
fellows who are about to share in the dangers and glories of 
their comrades in the East, and certainly they kept, their 
word, for rarely, if ever, did the streets of Dublin, on a Sunday 
at least, resound with such tumultuous cheers as those which 
bade farewell to the last infantry corps of the line but one 
that remained of the once formidable “ Irish Establishment,' 
amounting occasionally to one-third of the whole disposable 
land force of Great Britain. A special train was m readiness 
at Westmoreland-row station, consisting of thirty-one carriages, 
drawn by two engines, in which tlie troops were coi veyed to 
Kingstown. Thesteamtransportwoshauledalongsidethe Wolf 
hulk in waiting to receive them, and a large assemblage of 
spectators was collected. Everything being embarked, the 
Europa was hauled off from the hulk to an anchor a short 
distance out, amid renewed cheers, mingled with the lamen- 
tations of many poor women who could not restrain then- 
grief at their parting with husbands, sons, or brothers in the 
ranks. The 90th embarked 860 bayonets. A detachment of 
about 150 of the regiment remain in the barracks under the 
command of Captains Grove, Vaughan, Furlong, Lieutenant 
Close, and Ensign Raitt. 
Cork Harbour.— The Cleopatra transport, which left 
Queenstown on Saturday, bound for the Crimea, carried two 
bales of old linen, the donation of the ladies of Cork and its 
vicinity, for the use of the wounded in the Crimea. This is 
in addition to four bales already dispatched by the Jura. 
It was Ensign Francis Saunderson who embarked in the 
Cleopatra in charge of the draught of the 68th Light Infantry 
and not Lieutenant Trent, as has been stat ed. 
MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES, INCIDENTS, A ND 
MEMORANDA. 
Many a life which fell a sacrifice to Russian brutality 
during the hard-fought field of Iukerman would have been 
saved had they been taken off the ground when they fell, or 
soon after. One officer had his leg dreadfully shattered by a 
shell. The surgeon bad time only to put on a tourniquet, to 
prevent his bleeding to death, and left him to attend to 
others. Another had liis arm badly wounded, but not seri- 
ously. The Russians shortly after drove the Allies back, 
oud on regaining the ground the one bad the tourniquet 
taken off, and bled to death ; the other was covered with 
bayonet wounds, and quite dead- These might have been 
saved had the ambulance corps done their duty. 
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 
Company's Ship Nubia, Captain H. Harris, Hon. Company s 
service, arrived at Southampton on Thursday morning, 
bringing the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails. 
Among the eighty-one passengers brought by the Nubia 
are his Serene Highness Pftnce Leiningen, Major Steward, 
Major Briggs, Captain Bernard, Captain Burgoyne (wounded 
in the Crimea), Dr. Fleming. &c. The Nubia saw a large 
steam-ship approaching Malta harbour from the eastward, 
supposed to be tlie Orinoco. Tlic Nubia is to be immedi- 
ately prepared for the transport service, and will leave 
for Toulon as soon as she can be got ready for sea. 
The Russians were 60,000 strong at Inkerman. As our 
brave fellows pushed on, one man told us, " Why, eveiy 
bush seemed alive with them ; they was as thick as the 
leaves on 'em.” But when the mist cleared off, and our men 
could better see their own and the enemy’s position, it was 
evident the Allies were but a handful of men keepiug thou- 
sands at bay at the point of the bayonet. Staff-officers were 
Been galloping about for assistance. The Guards early threw 
themselves upon the advancing columns, and helped to stem 
the torrent manfully, with the Duke of Cambridge at their 
head, but they lost an untold number ; bow great their loss 
was may be gathered from their burying eight officers (the 
Coldstreams) in one grave ; and the same number wounded 
of the Fusiliers. The sergeant who gave the names of the 
killed could not keep from tears. The 88th Regiment sent out 
five companies in advance, and are said to have come back 
with but seventy untouched, out of 350 men. Inquiries after 
particular regiments, of the wounded belonging to them, 
and how they came off, especially in tlie Second and First 
Divisions, were only met with the answers, "No one knows 
the exact numbers," “ We are fearfully cut up,” “ We have 
suffered dreadfully," “ There has been an awful loss." 
There can be no doubt that the Russians poured three tor- 
rents of men upon us, and that it was a desperate attempt 
by the army which had reached there but the day before 
from Odessa or the Danube, and commanded by the Grand 
Duke Nicholas, to raise the siege. Lord Raglan is said to 
have considered himself attacked by fully 60,000 men. 
Nothing has been heard of the two assistant-store- 
keepers of the commissariat department, supposed to have 
been taken prisoners. The wounded officers of the Heavy 
Brigade are all doing well. They are the Hon. Colonel 
Neville, 5th Dragoon Guards, lance wound; Colonel Yorke, 
1st Royals, fractured leg ; Comet D. Prendergast (slightly), 
Scots Greys; Captain Campbell, slightly. The officers 
wounded in the affair of the 26th, were— Captains Atcberley 
and Bayly, 30th ; Lieut. J. A. Conolly (severely), 49th 
Ensign Cahill (slightly), 49th ; Lieutenant Harriot, 4i 8 ( 
The pickets which were so well handled that day were 
under the command of Major Eman, 41st Regiment. Mauy 
bottles full of spirits were picked up on the ground which 
had been occupied by the Russians. 
At Inkerman the mist prevented our men, who, of course 
bad no time to take oft’ the grey great-coats in which they 
had been surprised iu the morning, from easily distinguish 
ing friend from foe, and the ammunition of 80lne 
regiments was so reduced iu the course of the contest that 
latterly some of the Grenadiers were seen hurling stones at 
the’ir antagonists. 
General Canrobeut estimates the total loss of the 
enemy iu killed, wounded, and prisoners, at 10,000. There 
could not have beeu less than 4,000 killed, and we took a 
very large number of prisoners. Tho prisoners all agree in 
making out that their force outside the walls of Sebastopol 
numbered from 50,000 to 60,000 ; and this force is said to 
have been part of the army of Silistria, which had arrived 
only the day before. Tho English available force amounted 
to about 11,000, though the numbers actually engaged did 
not exceed S.000. The French, who supported us, may 
have brought 6,000. They came up most gallantly, and at 
a very opportune moment. Our loss was very heavy, greatly 
exceeding that at the Alma ; indeed, there is no comparison 
between the two battles, one having barely lasted three 
hours ; the other a good nine hours, without intermission. 
The Statement of a Deserter from tho 19th Regiment 
having gone over to the enemy is true ; and, further, two 
men have deserted from the Royal Artillery. It must 
be added, as giving some colourable pretext for such 
baseness, that all these men had been flogged the day before 
for various offences. Their subsequent conduct shows they 
deserved the punishment. Indeed, there is a good deal of 
punishment inflicted, but it is principally for tho grave 
offence of being asleep when on duty. 
There is a great demand for winter clothing just now. 
The sales of the deceased officers’ effects are scenes of warm 
competition for old rugs, greatcoats, cloaks, and horse-cloth- 
ing. A tattered rug fetches 45s. or 50s., a pot of meat 15s,, 
an india-rubber tub £ 5 ., a sponge £1. 5s., a half- worn-out old 
currycomb and brush may be seeu handed over, after a warm 
contest for 20s. Officers perhaps do not know what to do 
with their money. 
It is believed that the allied troops will winter in the 
Crimea. Every preparation is making for keeping them 
housed as comfortably as possible under the circumstances, 
Wooden huts are to be sent out, and everything done to 
enable them to keep out the cold. Stone is in such plenty 
on the ground occupied by the troops that they cau easily 
construct small huts of st-oue, with the tents they uow use 
for roofs, and so constructed, fires cau be made, and heat 
kept up to nny degree they may want. 
November 7th. — The remainder of the wounded Rus- 
sians are being fast brought in, and the dead buried. The 
dead horses are being dragged to a distance from the camp, 
for there are neither hands nor time to bury them. The 
dead men are being piled up iu arabas uud drawn down to 
the valleys, where great holes are being dug to receive 
them. 
General Strangways was struck m tlie leg by a round 
shot, and not, as reported, by a piece of shell. The leg was 
completely crushed, and the poor old General expired under 
the shock. His last words were, “I die at least a soldier's 
death." His remains lie next to those of Sir G. Cathcart. 
Poor General Fox Strangways was killed by a cannon ball 
which, after passing through the horse of Captain Paulet 
Somerset, carried off liis leg. He was at the time close be- 
hind Lord Raglan, and fell from his horse into the arms ot 
General Estcourt, who had accompanied Lord Raglan to 
the field. General Strangways was immediately removed to 
the hospital teut near Balaklava. On the way to the rear the 
gallant officer was perfectly calm, and did not appear to suf- 
fer much. He seemed to think more of the feelings of his 
family than of his own state, and he requested one of lus 
aides-de-camp, who had kindly accompanied him, to write to 
Mrs. Strangways to say that he was only slightly wounded. 
The Duke of Cambridge, his aide-de-camp, Major Macdonald, 
and Lord Balgonie, aide-de-camp to General Bentmck, had 
horses shot under them. — Globe. . 
Sir George Brown is recovering. There is no truth m 
the report that the gallant general has had liis arm ampu- 
tated. He was struck on the breast by a musket-ball, which 
glanced off and passed through his arm. Fortunately, tin 
bone of the arm was not touched, and the wound itself is so 
slight that the brave old general flattered himself th-d 
within a fortnight he would be able once more to resume 
the command of his beloved Light Division. Globe. 
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. 
FRANCE. 
(From our oten Corrtipom'rnt.) 
Paris, Thursday, Nov. 23. 
Feeling on the War.— Lord Palmerston in Paris.— The Fund 
for the Wounded ; disgraceful meanness ot the Jbngim 
Residents.— Example for Lord Cowley.— Mr. Bemad Osborn, 
M.P.— Remains of Boss vet. —American Plan a matt 9 
Island in the Channel.—. Rentree of Mdlk. Cravclli.—W w 
in the New Piece at the- Pram; ais. • 
Lord Palmerston has arrived in Paris in a season o 
wonted, gloom. The loss of life before Sebastopol aireajo 
known, and, still more, the apprehensions of the gr®* 
fatalities which may follow before the fall ot tho town 
its terrible fortress, keep every family in a state °f g , ' 
and the Emperor, with much good feeling, avoids a.l _ 1 ' 
of an opposite nature. In the meantime, nothing i* , 
undone to show the estimation in which his Lordship m 
by his Majesty and every leading member of the Govenun 
Soon after his arrival on Friday evening, the first m- 
announced was the Emperor himself, who came in lus 1' ^ | 
brougham, without attendance or ceremony of any kin' , ■ 
remained with the noble lord a considerable tune. /. 
the hospitalities due to so eminent a visitor have le f 
public character than would have been the caso a n 
auspicious moment, the personal attentions of their J 
are unremitting both to bis Lordship and Lady 1 a uh . 
Those who have had the honour of approaching lum a F , og 
the highest terms of his manner and conversation. An- 
other qualifications— the highest in the eyes of eveiy * ^ 
mau— his Lordship possesses that of speaking tne * ^ 
language with the most perfect facility ; in fact, like a gj* 
an accomplishment, be it remarked, not so common ■ ^ 
English statesmen as might be imagined from 
almost universal use of the language. As for the P ^ 
object of the noble lord's visit, it is supposed, or J 
